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This is the Joseph Tarchaneiotes who deserted the emperor Romanos Diogenes before the battle of Manzikert in 1071. His career as governor of Antioch is well recorded by the historians: Laurent, “Gouverneurs d’Antioche,” no. 32.

A different seal of the same person, bearing a representation of St. Demetrios but recording the same inscription, was photographed in Antioch and is mentioned by Laurent, “Gouverneurs d’Antioche,” no. 32 (reproduced on pl. I); it is now published in Seyrig, no. 161.